# Crashing when loading an xdmf file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crashing-when-loading-an-xdmf-file/7096
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 28, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crashing-when-loading-an-xdmf-file/7096 "2021-04-28T14:23:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![pcosta](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/pcosta/32/5067_2.png) [@pcosta](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pcosta)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crashing-when-loading-an-xdmf-file/7096/1 "2021-04-28T14:23:30Z")

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Dear all,

paraview 5.9.0 crashes when loading an xdmf file. This is the error I’m getting:

```auto
Loguru caught a signal: SIGSEGV
Stack trace:
48 0x55fff4a5588e paraview(+0x788e) [0x55fff4a5588e]
47 0x7f20cb69ab25 __libc_start_main + 213
46 0x55fff4a556a8 paraview(+0x76a8) [0x55fff4a556a8]
45 0x7f20c9cee4a4 QCoreApplication::exec() + 148
44 0x7f20c9ce5fec QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 300
43 0x7f20c9d40191 QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 97
42 0x7f20c3d1d781 g_main_context_iteration + 49
41 0x7f20c3d73b59 /usr/bin/../lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0xa7b59) [0x7f20c3d73b59]
40 0x7f20c3d2002c g_main_context_dispatch + 604
39 0x7f20c9d3fdfa /usr/bin/../lib/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x30edfa) [0x7f20c9d3fdfa]
38 0x7f20c9d3f515 QTimerInfoList::activateTimers() + 997
37 0x7f20c9ce768a QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) + 298
36 0x7f20cae8a762 QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) + 130
35 0x7f20c9d140cf QObject::event(QEvent*) + 463
34 0x7f20c9d22a7b QTimer::timeout(QTimer::QPrivateSignal) + 59
33 0x7f20c9d1ea20 /usr/bin/../lib/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2eda20) [0x7f20c9d1ea20]
32 0x7f20cb4cfb41 pqCommandLineOptionsBehavior::processCommandLineOptions() + 2465
31 0x7f20cb505dbf pqLoadDataReaction::loadData(QStringList const&, QString const&, QString const&, pqServer*) + 111
30 0x7f20cb504d1a pqLoadDataReaction::loadData(QList<QStringList> const&, QString const&, QString const&, pqServer*) + 810
29 0x7f20cb504204 pqLoadDataReaction::LoadFile(QStringList const&, pqServer*, QPair<QString, QString> const&) + 68
28 0x7f20ca804f44 pqObjectBuilder::createReader(QString const&, QString const&, QStringList const&, pqServer*) + 1636
27 0x7f20ca80227a /usr/bin/../lib/libpqCore-pv5.9.so.1(+0xe227a) [0x7f20ca80227a]
26 0x7f20c982c262 vtkSMParaViewPipelineController::RegisterPipelineProxy(vtkSMProxy*, char const*) + 482
25 0x7f20c9868755 vtkSMProxySelectionModel::SetCurrentProxy(vtkSMProxy*, int) + 197
24 0x7f20c9868628 vtkSMProxySelectionModel::Select(vtkSMProxy*, int) + 152
23 0x7f20c9868437 vtkSMProxySelectionModel::Select(std::__cxx11::list<vtkSmartPointer<vtkSMProxy>, std::allocator<vtkSmartPointer<vtkSMProxy> > > const&, int) + 407
22 0x7f20c9867e61 vtkSMProxySelectionModel::InvokeSelectionChanged() + 17
21 0x7f20c6f9a942 /usr/bin/../lib/libvtkCommonCore-pv5.9.so.1(+0x42c942) [0x7f20c6f9a942]
20 0x7f20c6df3629 vtkCallbackCommand::Execute(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*) + 25
19 0x7f20c99752de /usr/bin/../lib/libvtkGUISupportQt-pv5.9.so.1(+0x262de) [0x7f20c99752de]
18 0x7f20c9d1ea20 /usr/bin/../lib/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2eda20) [0x7f20c9d1ea20]
17 0x7f20caa11c6c pqActiveObjects::triggerSignals() + 332
16 0x7f20ca9eda03 pqActiveObjects::pipelineProxyChanged(pqProxy*) + 67
15 0x7f20c9d1ea20 /usr/bin/../lib/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2eda20) [0x7f20c9d1ea20]
14 0x7f20cab3d5cf pqPropertiesPanel::setPipelineProxy(pqProxy*) + 47
13 0x7f20cab3ce9c pqPropertiesPanel::updatePropertiesPanel(pqProxy*) + 1004
12 0x7f20cab3ad2e /usr/bin/../lib/libpqComponents-pv5.9.so.1(+0x232d2e) [0x7f20cab3ad2e]
11 0x7f20cab61698 pqProxyWidget::pqProxyWidget(vtkSMProxy*, QWidget*, QFlags<Qt::WindowType>) + 120
10 0x7f20cab6150b pqProxyWidget::constructor(vtkSMProxy*, QStringList const&, bool, QWidget*, QFlags<Qt::WindowType>) + 427
9 0x7f20cab60d92 pqProxyWidget::createWidgets(QStringList const&) + 194
8 0x7f20cab5f465 pqProxyWidget::createPropertyWidgets(QStringList const&) + 6005
7 0x7f20cab5db33 pqProxyWidget::createWidgetForProperty(vtkSMProperty*, vtkSMProxy*, QWidget*) + 867
6 0x7f20cabc0f5d pqStringVectorPropertyWidget::createWidget(vtkSMStringVectorProperty*, vtkSMProxy*, QWidget*) + 221
5 0x7f20cabbf7b0 pqStringVectorPropertyWidget::pqStringVectorPropertyWidget(vtkSMProperty*, vtkSMProxy*, QWidget*) + 4736opening
4 0x7f20cab86134 pqSILWidget::pqSILWidget(QString const&, QWidget*) + 852
3 0x7f20c9cbe962 QSortFilterProxyModel::setSourceModel(QAbstractItemModel*) + 1522
2 0x7f20c9cb49ab /usr/bin/../lib/libQt5Core.so.5(+0x2839ab) [0x7f20c9cb49ab]
1 0x7f20caa02f57 /usr/bin/../lib/libpqComponents-pv5.9.so.1(+0xfaf57) [0x7f20caa02f57]
0 0x7f20cb6aff80 /usr/bin/../lib/libc.so.6(+0x3cf80) [0x7f20cb6aff80]
( 5.281s) [paraview] :0 FATL| Signal: SIGSEGV
zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped) paraview viewfld_DNS.xmf

```

I’m not sure if this is enough information for you to give me pointers on how to fix the issue. If not, please let me know what other info is needed!

Thanks in advance!

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### Author: ![pcosta](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/pcosta/32/5067_2.png) [@pcosta](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pcosta)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crashing-when-loading-an-xdmf-file/7096/2 "2021-04-28T16:06:42Z")

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PS: can this be related to

> [@Paraview 5.9 stopped working](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-stopped-working/6746):
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> Recently, paraview suddenly stopped working (till 5.8 it was working fine) after updating. When I try to launch the guiGUI, it doesn’t open at all. In the console, with paraview launch command, it gives the following error: Loguru caught a signal: SIGABRT Stack trace: 39 0x55f944a5f88e paraview(+0x788e) [0x55f944a5f88e] 38 0x7fa9f84f9b25 \_\_libc\_start\_main + 213 37 0x55f944a5f562 paraview(+0x7562) [0x55f944a5f562] 36 0x55f944a648ce paraview(+0xc8ce) [0x55f944a648ce] 35 0…

Since I also have an Arch-based (Manjaro) distro?

I installed the version from the arch community repo: [https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86\_64/paraview/](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/paraview/)

Thanks!  
Pedro

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crashing-when-loading-an-xdmf-file/7096/3 "2021-04-29T06:13:58Z")

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Your issue is probably this one:  
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20678](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20678)